Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.4051
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Portrait of Martin Farqhuar Tupper
Date
ca. 1853
Sitter
Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810 - 1889, British) , Poet
Creator
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Dimensions
height (print): 97mm
width (print): 86mm
height (mount): 267mm
width (mount): 242mm
width (print): 86mm
height (mount): 267mm
width (mount): 242mm
Subject
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Description
Half length studio portrait of Martin Tupper seated. Tupper wears a light coat over a dark waistcoat, white shirt and bow tie. A watch chain is visible at the waistcoat. His left hand rests on a walking stick; his right hand holds a top hat.
Inscribed in pencil lower left “M Farquar Tupper F.R.S.”
Martin Tupper was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1845.
Inscribed in pencil lower left “M Farquar Tupper F.R.S.”
Martin Tupper was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1845.
Transcription
M Farquhar Tupper F.R.S
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